Tony MacMahon has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show, featured first on 20 June 2021. Songs played include Aisling Gheal and The Wounded Hussar.

Tony MacMahon (b. 1939) is an Irish button-accordion player and radio and television broadcaster.

Born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, MacMahon's chief early inspiration, accordionist Joe Cooley, was a frequent caller at the family home from 1949 until 1954, when Cooley emigrated to the USA. Other influences from the locality were piper Willie Clancy and fiddler Bobby Casey.

In 1957 MacMahon went to train as a teacher in Dublin, where he came into contact with accordionist Sonny…